[Intro – whispered spoken, teeth clenched] They keep telling me to calm down. Like calm is something you inherit. Like fire has an off-switch. [Verse 1 – restless, sharp] I grew up overnight— and everyone acts like that’s normal. Like I didn’t wake up in stranger’s bones with my voice too deep and my heartbeat too loud for the room. I keep breaking things by accident - doorframes, sentences, silence. And when I say I’m fine I mean: I’m trying not to be a disaster on purpose. [Pre-Chorus – rising frustration] I don’t know what I’m supposed to be, but I know what I’m not. I’m not a miracle. I’m not a monster. I’m not a warning label with a pulse. [Chorus – big, cinematic rage] ’Cause I’m not mortal enough to just shut up and bleed, but I’m too human to be pure energy. There’s a crown in my bloodstream, a riot between my teeth - and I’m sick of everyone watching me breathe. I’m not mortal enough to fade out clean, but I’m too alive to be a myth on a leash. So I burn through the room like a match in the dark - and I dare you to tell me what the hell I’m supposed to be. [Verse 2 – messy emotions, burning rage underneath] My mother says: “Look at me.” Like that’s a spell that holds me together. And it works - until it doesn’t. My father laughs like thunder and calls it freedom, calls it art, calls it love, like chaos is something you can wear and not end up bleeding through. And I hate him for being right. And I hate myself for loving it. I hate that I want to scream and I hate that I want to be held. I hate that both can be true. [Pre-Chorus 2 – dangerous honesty] I’m not some calm celestial prince. I’m not polished. I’m not holy. I’m a teenager with a god inside his chest and no manual on how not to explode. [Chorus – hit harder] ’Cause I’m not mortal enough to just shut up and bleed, but I’m too human to be pure energy. There’s a crown in my bloodstream, a riot between my teeth - and I’m sick of everyone watching me breathe. I’m not mortal enough to fade out clean, but I’m too alive to be a myth on a leash. So I burn through the room like a match in the dark - and I dare you to tell met what the hell I’m supposed to be. [Bridge – breakdown / near spoken, venom + fear] If you call me dangerous - I’ll show you dangerous. If you call me a mistake - I’ll become one. If you keep looking at me like I’m a bomb you’re babysitting, don’t act surprised when I start counting down. And sometimes I think… maybe I want them to be scared. Maybe it’s the only way they stop deciding things for me. [Bridge – sudden soft drop, raw] But then Xhar makes that small sound - like he’s asking if I’m still here. And Lucaris doesn’t say anything. He just stays. Like staying is a language. And I realize I’m shaking because I don’t want to hurt anyone. I just… don’t know where to put all this fire. [Final Chorus – catharsis, still rebellious] I’m not mortal enough to live in quiet chains, but I’m still human - I still feel pain. There’s a throne in my bloodstream, there’s a storm in my veins - but I’m not your prophecy to tame. I’m not mortal enough to disappear on command, but I’m loved enough to learn who I am. So I take one breath with my hands in the dark - and I choose to stay here without breaking apart. [Outro – breathless, defiant but softer] Not mortal enough. Not calm enough. Not alone.
